Gold breaking ATHs - holding or buying more?

• •Well, who else is feeling pretty darn good about their gold investments right about now?!
• •Living out here in rural Missouri, you just get a sense that real assets are the ones that truly hold their value, not paper promises.
• •We've seen so much printing of money and inflation over the last few years; it just feels like gold is finally reflecting all that.

Well, who else is feeling pretty darn good about their gold investments right about now?! Seeing those headlines about gold breaking all-time highs just puts a smile on my face, especially after all the folks who said it was "just a shiny rock." I started moving some of my retirement around a few years back, maybe $70k or so, after my husband and I decided we needed more tangible wealth. Living out here in rural Missouri, you just get a sense that real assets are the ones that truly hold their value, not paper promises.

I know some people get nervous when something hits a new high, thinking it's gotta come down, but I'm just not sure that's how it works with gold, especially with all the global uncertainty. We've seen so much printing of money and inflation over the last few years; it just feels like gold is finally reflecting all that. My Gold IRA holdings are feeling pretty robust, and as a farmer's wife, robust is a word I appreciate!

I’m honestly wondering if I should be adding more. It feels a bit like FOMO to buy at the peak, but then again, what if this isn't the peak? What if it's just the beginning of a whole new normal for gold prices? I've been eyeing some more of those smaller fractional coins – easier to sell off if you need a little cash for, say, a new tractor part or a grandkid's college fund down the line.

For anyone who's new to this or still on the fence, honestly, do your homework. I found a bunch of resources helpful when I was first looking into it. There's a pretty neat "Gold IRA Quiz" you can take at https://quiz.goldirablueprint.com/?forum that gives you a good starting point for figuring out if a gold IRA is right for you. It helped me understand some of the basics without feeling overwhelmed. So, for those of you who are already in, are you holding steady? Or are you like me, thinking about buying more even at these prices?